Raven on 12/5/2013 at 10:55
I have just wasted about one hour trying to get legal digital copies of star trek and the hobbit working using a triple play bluray and a ultraviolet download.
What a bloody waste of time. Clearly such codes are a total unworkable rip off.
Has anyone managed to use those technologies successfully?
The simplest way to get an offline version of these films onto my rooted Transformer 101 rooted Andriod 4.2 - bit torrent!
I have not pirated a computer game, album or tv series\film in years due to Steam, Netflix (and windows media centre TV card) and Spotify.
Will bluray distributors ever pull their heads out of their asses?
SubJeff on 12/5/2013 at 11:09
What, exactly, is the problem with it?
Vivian on 12/5/2013 at 11:11
Well, I never bought a blu-ray player because the age of semi-durable storage is transparently over. I have a £2 cable which I plug my PC into my TV with instead. Which isn't a helpful thing to say.
Raven on 12/5/2013 at 11:39
The star trek code apparently has been 'possibly been used before on itunes' which I think is bullshit.
I *think* that it is actually past its expiry date, but it seems overly complicated to find out for sure... but squinting at the small print this seems like the most likely... after reading through a convoluted FAQ and support process I think I have emailed them my problem (not highlighting the expiry date to them).
To get ultraviolet for the hobbit to ‘work' I needed to create a ultraviolet account, but a mis-click meant that it possibly linked to my google account instead of facebook. It took a while to figure out which account I was signing in with. I then needed to look up on the internet how I actually went from there because the ultraviolet webpage is totally useless. Eventually figured I needed to create a flixster account and download flixster to the tablet. Then there was a good while messing around trying to link flixster to ultraviolet while not being sure if I was using the site accounts, a facebook account, google account or hotmail address (it didn't help that I have tried to get ultraviolet to work before and gave up, so still had an account kicking around)...
When I finally seemed to have everything appearing, the flixster app doesn't actually note for certain if I can download the film or if I can only stream it. Either way the point is mute as pressing 'watch it now' just brings me to a page saying that streaming on my device is unsupported, but I might want to try unrooting the device. I have installed the suggested app (voodoo OTA RootKeeper) and tried to work with that, it appears to have no effect. If I want to know for sure I will have to unroot the device properly (something I am not overly familiar with)... which could potentially lead to me rebuilding my device even though it works perfectly for every other current requirement.
Instead I am going to give up, and read a book on my kindle on the train instead. (again a technology that works perfectly and is reasonably priced... ).
I like to think that I am adept at figuring out interfaces and technologies... in fact that is my job - I sincerely doubt that people actually use these add-ons for blurays (triple disc plays and ultraviolet codes).
Vivian on 12/5/2013 at 11:55
It's just a bunch of fat cokeheads desperately trying to fix their money machine by randomly slapping it with the side of a spanner. With Amazon music and similar the music issue is finally fixed (although, still as a general principle, FUCK iTunes), and with Netflix the film problem is definitely getting there, but if you want to actually download a copy of your film to watch offline it's going to be a while before the annoyance of 'going legit' can even somewhat compete with torrents.
Fafhrd on 13/5/2013 at 02:37
Rooted devices and paid digital streaming things do not get along. Google Play Movies won't let you stream on a rooted device, period. Probably the same for Ultraviolet, but I've never actually used it because I like my full res picture and lossless 7.1 sound, thankyouverymuch. If for some reason I want it on the go, I'll just rip it straight from the disc with either MakeMKV or Handbrake.
faetal on 13/5/2013 at 12:54
I recently got to thinking that I buy PC games as digital, I buy music as digital. Films and TV are almost getting to the point where digital will be the default and I'm even getting into eBooks. What does all of this mean for the usefulness of shelves?
Is it ornaments only from here on in? What about the shelf manufacturers. What about their kids? Can they sustain themselves in an ornament-only shelf economy?
demagogue on 13/5/2013 at 13:11
The story I'm writing is on that question... But more like our great-great-great-etc grandkids so I can push it to a crazy extreme... I just imagine people in a perpetual chat on their HUD, along with watching each other's POV-videos and movies, reading books, playing games, and working, with the outside world itself being practically ornamental to the HUD world at that point, something just there to video yourself visiting.
And of course it's all going to be google searchable so if you want to search for your grandfather's perspective on his wedding night & watch it like it's happening in real time, knock yourself out.
I'm thinking to name it Simultaneity.
faetal on 13/5/2013 at 13:28
I can imagine the apartment of the future guy in Cloud Atlas being similar to what we'll end up with. All touch screen walls and minimalist furnishings.
Also - watch Charlie Brooker's "Black Mirror" if you haven't already. Some of his near future imaginings are eerily close to the knuckle.
demagogue on 13/5/2013 at 13:46
Well I was thinking once it becomes all in a HUD that's projected on your retina, you don't even need the touchscreens anymore... Anyway there wouldn't be demand for them, since people can already get the job done just by looking at things & mousing around on their personal HUD that's linked into everything. Thanks for the recommendations, though. I hadn't heard about that tv show at all yet.
